I've read all I can on restart numbering here and on ShaunaKelly and the MVP site, but I must be doing something wrong. I started with the builtin ListNumber and modified it by going to Outline Numbering. I set Level 1 to link to my Heading 3 (which is also a numbered heading) but set it to have no number. I set Level 2 to link to ListNumber and started it as a "1." But when I try it in a document, the numbers below my second Heading 3 don't renumber. (I did set "Restart Numbering After Level 1.") And when I go back to check the settings, the dialog box now shows my Level 1 is linked to ListNumber instead of Heading 3. I keep relinking it to Heading 3 and when I go back to check, it's back to ListNumber. What am I doing wrong?
Which version of Word are you using? -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "MLBeck" wrote in message news:80f87bb0-a702-48d4-ac0c-2530ae3dedf6@79g2000hsk.googlegroups.com... > I've read all I can on restart numbering here and on ShaunaKelly and > the MVP site, but I must be doing something wrong. > > I started with the builtin ListNumber and modified it by going to > Outline Numbering. I set Level 1 to link to my Heading 3 (which is > also a numbered heading) but set it to have no number. I set Level 2 > to link to ListNumber and started it as a "1." But when I try it in a > document, the numbers below my second Heading 3 don't renumber. (I did > set "Restart Numbering After Level 1.") And when I go back to check > the settings, the dialog box now shows my Level 1 is linked to > ListNumber instead of Heading 3. I keep relinking it to Heading 3 and > when I go back to check, it's back to ListNumber. What am I doing > wrong? >
Word 2003. have been having some trouble with my particular copy of Word--my Save As randomly stalls out--and I was going to get IT to reinstall today. I didn't get a chance last night to try out the numbering stuff on my copy of Word at home to see if it acted the same. Do you think the problem could be a glitch in my copy of Word?
Note that reinstalling Word usually does *not* fix any issues, unless you completely delete all files and registry entries of the previous installation (which is an impossible task, I imagine, unless you format the disk and reinstall Windows first). Instead, the following trouble-shooting steps should be used: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProblemsStartingWord.htm. As far as the numbering problem is concerned, it is crucial that you follow the instructions at http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html, associating each numbering level with a unique paragraph style. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "MLBeck" wrote in message news:68ea6e5b-89d3-43c0-945c-17527b9a5495@2g2000hsn.googlegroups.com... > Word 2003. have been having some trouble with my particular copy of > Word--my Save As randomly stalls out--and I was going to get IT to > reinstall today. I didn't get a chance last night to try out the > numbering stuff on my copy of Word at home to see if it acted the > same. Do you think the problem could be a glitch in my copy of Word?
Stefan, I think I may have found my misunderstanding. Can you clarify this for me: I had previously made 6 Heading Styles and opened one outline numbering list and linked each of those paragraph styles to the appropriate numbering level (per ShaunaKelly). Then I had another style called List Number (I started with the builtin style)--this was for listing steps in a procedure. The steps need to restart after each 3rd level heading. I had been leaving ListNumber as a numbered list (not outline numbered). Then I decided I wanted make the numbering automatically restart after a 3rd-level heading. So I modified my List Number by picking Outline Numbered instead of Numbered and then I tried to link the Heading 3 to Level 1 and List Number to Level 2. This does not seem to work. So do I link my List Number to the next level in my heading list (i.e, the 7th level)? Can I then make it restart after a Level 3 and not after a Level 4, 5 or 6?
Stefan, Also, thanks for the "heads up" on the MVPS article on troubleshooting Word. IT tried but did not solve my SaveAs problem (in fact it saved-as fine when I took my computer to them but as soon as I took it back to my workstation and hooked up to the network, the SaveAs refused to work). I'll read thru the steps in the article and see if I can solve the problem with MVPS help.
If a certain numbered item should restart after another numbered item, they must both be part of the same outline-numbered list. I haven't tested this thoroughly, but it is certainly possible to restart (say) level 3 after level 1 rather than level 2: just choose the desired restart level in the Customize Outline Numbered List dialog box. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "MLBeck" wrote in message news:78ad2fbb-36f1-47cf-8fbf-96d99a38f15c@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > Stefan, > > I think I may have found my misunderstanding. Can you clarify this for > me: > > I had previously made 6 Heading Styles and opened one outline > numbering list and linked each of those paragraph styles to the > appropriate numbering level (per ShaunaKelly). > > Then I had another style called List Number (I started with the > builtin style)--this was for listing steps in a procedure. The steps > need to restart after each 3rd level heading. I had been leaving > ListNumber as a numbered list (not outline numbered). Then I decided I > wanted make the numbering automatically restart after a 3rd-level > heading. > > So I modified my List Number by picking Outline Numbered instead of > Numbered and then I tried to link the Heading 3 to Level 1 and List > Number to Level 2. This does not seem to work. > > So do I link my List Number to the next level in my heading list (i.e, > the 7th level)? Can I then make it restart after a Level 3 and not > after a Level 4, 5 or 6?
Thanks for the clarification. That makes sense. I was stuck on the idea of one list being for headings and another for numbered items-- and I since I hadn't totally figured out what headings I wanted I was reluctant to stick a numbered list in there. But I can see why the items must all be part of the same list. Thanks for all your help and for your continued responses after your initial answer.
I'm glad I could help--and thank you for the feedback. -- Stefan Blom Microsoft Word MVP "MLBeck" wrote in message news:d386973a-7d7e-4c79-a04f-c05cc87249e7@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > Thanks for the clarification. That makes sense. I was stuck on the > idea of one list being for headings and another for numbered items-- > and I since I hadn't totally figured out what headings I wanted I was > reluctant to stick a numbered list in there. But I can see why the > items must all be part of the same list. Thanks for all your help and > for your continued responses after your initial answer. >
